It is hard to guess what a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Matschie’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) on average weights 8.31 kg (18.31 lbs).
The Matschie’s tree-kangaroo is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). They can live for up to 23.83 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 53.8 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Matschie’s tree-kangaroos have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Matschie’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), also known as the Huon tree-kangaroo is a tree-kangaroo native to the Huon Peninsula of northeastern New Guinea island, within the nation of Papua New Guinea.Under the IUCN classification, Matschie’s tree-kangaroo is an Endangered species.The scientific name honours German biologist Paul Matschie.
Animals of the same family as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Short-eared rock-wallaby bringing 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs) to the scale
- Monjon bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Swamp wallaby bringing 15 kilos (33.07 lbs) to the scale
- Spectacled hare-wallaby bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs) to the scale
- Lowlands tree-kangaroo bringing 8.47 kilos (18.67 lbs) to the scale
- Red-necked wallaby bringing 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs) to the scale
- Proserpine rock-wallaby bringing 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs) to the scale
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo bringing 6.65 kilos (14.66 lbs) to the scale
- Godman’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus matschiei:
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 6.65 kilos (14.66 lbs)
- Tana River red colobus with a weight of 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a weight of 8.56 kilos (18.87 lbs)
- Moor macaque with a weight of 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a weight of 8.23 kilos (18.14 lbs)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs)
- Black-backed jackal with a weight of 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs)
- Short-eared dog with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Matschie’s tree-kangaroo:
- Formosan rock macaque with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- King colobus with a size of 62.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- Delacour’s langur with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Northern plains gray langur with a size of 61 cm (2′ 1″)
- Six-banded armadillo with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo:
- Southeast Asian shrew
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
- Little collared fruit bat
- Ear-spot squirrel
- Squirrel glider
- Broom hare
- Gray whale
- Domestic yak
- Common vampire bat
- Weddell seal
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Matschie’s tree-kangaroo:
- Purple-faced langur with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Barbary macaque with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Bechstein’s bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Malayan porcupine with an average maximal age of 27.25 years
- Guianan squirrel monkey with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Southern elephant seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Aardvark with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Crested mona monkey with an average maximal age of 24.08 years
- Dall’s porpoise with an average maximal age of 22 years
- North American river otter with an average maximal age of 25 years